District of Telangana

Wanaparthy District Population 2026

Q: What is the population of Wanaparthy district in 2026?

Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈6,55,000 (6.55 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies Wanaparthy's 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Telangana projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 5,87,041.

Q: What was the population of Wanaparthy district in Census 2011?

5,87,041: 2,99,646 males and 2,87,395 females, of whom 92,288 lived in towns and 4,94,753 in villages. These figures are on the district’s current boundaries, rebuilt from Census 2011 village and town records.

Population · 1 March 2026

≈ 6.55 lakh Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection 1 March 2026 How this is made →

6,55,000 655,000 1 March 2026

Wanaparthy district's population is estimated at ≈6.55 lakh (6,55,000) on 1 March 2026. This is our estimate, tied to the official Telangana projection; Census 2011, the last count, recorded 5,87,041 on the district’s present boundaries.

Estimate: method M1, constrained to the RGI projection for Telangana. Census: ORGI.

Which number do you mean?

District totals include villages. Here is how the 2011 population splits between towns and villages.

District

Wanaparthy district

Census 2011: 5,87,041
2026 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →: ≈ 6.55 lakh

Urban population

Towns (urban)

Census 2011: 92,288

Rural

Villages (rural)

Census 2011: 4,94,753

Key figures

Population 2026: ≈ 6.55 lakh 6,55,000 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
Census 2011: 5.87 lakh 5,87,041 Reconstructed Census figures re-added on today’s boundaries How this is made →
Density: ≈ 222per km² 2011
Sex ratio: 959 Telangana: 987
Child sex ratio (0–6): 900 Telangana: 932
Literacy rate: 55.5% Male 65.6% · Female 45.1%
Urban share: 15.7% Telangana: 38.8%
Growth 2001–11: +15.3% Telangana: +13.6%
Area: ≈ 2,647km² approx., from 2011 sub-district areas
Households: 1.26 lakh 4.7 people per household
Villages: 224 Census 2011
Towns: 3 Census 2011

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Population over time

Census figures re-added on today’s boundaries (parts of earlier districts apportioned by their 2011 population), then our estimate to 2036.

Reconstructed
Estimate

6.7 L 2026

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Year	Population
1991	4,45,680
2001	5,08,959
2011	5,87,041
2016 *	6,15,000
2021 *	6,38,000
2026 *	6,55,000
2031 *	6,66,000
2036 *	6,71,000

* Estimate

How Wanaparthy's 2011 population was spread

Sub-districts (tehsils, talukas, mandals or blocks) as they were in Census 2011. “Part” means only some of it now lies in this district.

How Wanaparthy's 2011 population was spread
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1	Wanaparthy	1,08,521	18.5%	941	68.1%	56.2%
2	Kothakota	79,604	13.6%	972	55.7%	23.9%
3	Pebbair	68,690	11.7%	959	54.9%	0.0%
4	Atmakur	61,505	10.5%	993	50.7%	20.0%
5	Pangal	60,254	10.3%	927	52.0%	0.0%
6	Gopalpeta	59,307	10.1%	970	49.4%	0.0%
7	Ghanpur(part)	46,928	8.0%	951	49.8%	0.0%
8	Veepangandla(part)	42,813	7.3%	954	57.7%	0.0%
9	Peddamandadi(part)	35,270	6.0%	973	52.6%	0.0%
10	Kodair(part)	11,121	1.9%	937	48.6%	0.0%
11	Narva(part)	7,794	1.3%	993	42.3%	0.0%
12	Chinnachintakunta(part)	5,234	0.9%	1026	49.5%	0.0%

Largest towns in Wanaparthy (Census 2011)

Wanaparthy 60,949
Kothakota CT 19,042
Atmakur CT 12,297

How people in Wanaparthy worked (Census 2011)

Cultivators

20.8%

Agricultural labourers

48.9%

Household industry

2.9%

Other work

27.5%

Share of all workers, main and marginal. Work participation: 51.3%.

Age structure of Wanaparthy

Population in five-year age groups, Census 2011. Men on the left, women on the right. Census 2011, approx. Census 2011 on today’s boundaries; approximate, because some 2011 units were split between districts and are apportioned by population. How this is made →

MenWomen

80+
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
15-19
10-14
5-9
0-4

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Age	Men	Women
0-4	26,617	24,853
5-9	31,965	29,898
10-14	33,456	31,360
15-19	29,918	26,395
20-24	27,638	26,369
25-29	25,975	27,505
30-34	22,149	21,951
35-39	21,220	21,423
40-44	17,733	15,860
45-49	14,476	14,017
50-54	11,413	11,386
55-59	8,183	9,717
60-64	9,635	11,194
65-69	6,038	6,786
70-74	4,645	4,830
75-79	1,790	1,936
80+	2,080	2,691

Children (0–14): 30.6%; Telangana 27.0%
Working age (15–59): 60.6%; Telangana 63.5%
Older people (60+): 8.9%; Telangana 9.4%
Median age: 25.3years; Telangana 26.7
Dependency ratio: 55.8; children and 65+ per 100 aged 15–64; Telangana 49.0

Languages spoken in Wanaparthy

Share of people by mother tongue, grouped into languages as the Census does. 17 languages recorded. Census 2011, approx. Census 2011 on today’s boundaries; approximate, because some 2011 units were split between districts and are apportioned by population. How this is made →

Telugu 86.9%
Hindi 7.1%
Urdu 5.6%
Tamil 0.2%
Marathi 0.1%
Kannada 0.1%
Gujarati 0.0%
Malayalam 0.0%

Largest mother tongues

Telugu86.8%
Lamani/Lambadi6.8%
Urdu5.6%
Hindi0.3%
Yerukala/Yerukula0.2%
Marathi0.1%
Kannada0.0%
Tamil0.0%

Housing and amenities in Wanaparthy

Share of households, Houselisting Census 2011. Reconstructed Census 2011, added up on today’s boundaries from village, town or sub-district records. How this is made →

Basic services

Electricity for lighting 90.0%

Telangana 92.1%
Tap water 85.8%

Telangana 73.2%
Water source within premises 33.8%

Telangana 53.1%
Toilet within premises 24.7%

Telangana 52.2%
Open defecation (no latrine) (Lower is better for this one.) 72.6%

Telangana 46.6%
Bathing area within premises 63.4%

Telangana 68.5%
Closed drainage 9.0%

Telangana 27.9%
Cooking with LPG/PNG 13.2%

Telangana 36.7%
Cooking with wood, crop waste or dung (Lower is better for this one.) 84.8%

Telangana 56.2%

What households own

Mobile phone 65.0%

Telangana 68.1%
Television 43.7%

Telangana 58.4%
Scooter or motorcycle 12.9%

Telangana 21.9%
Computer or laptop 6.6%

Telangana 12.1%
Car, jeep or van 1.3%

Telangana 5.4%
Use banking services 45.6%

Telangana 53.8%
None of the listed assets (Lower is better for this one.) 22.3%

Telangana 16.7%

The home itself

Own their home 91.3%

Telangana 77.9%
Rent their home 8.0%

Telangana 20.3%
Permanent (pucca) house 62.9%

Telangana 71.9%
House in good condition 67.0%

Telangana 67.7%
Concrete roof 48.1%

Telangana 43.3%
Cement or tiled floor 10.4%

Telangana 26.2%
One room or less (Lower is better for this one.) 40.2%

Telangana 36.9%

Telangana

What the numbers say

Wanaparthy district held 1.7% of Telangana's population in 2011, 26th of 33 districts.
Literacy is 55.5%, 11.0 points below the Telangana average of 66.5%.
The gender gap in literacy is wide: 65.6% of men but only 45.1% of women could read and write in 2011.
The sex ratio of 959 females per 1,000 males is lower than the state's 987.
15.7% of residents lived in towns in 2011, more rural than Telangana as a whole (38.8%).
Our 2026 estimate, ≈6.55 lakh, implies growth of about 12% since 2011; it is tied to the official Telangana projection.
Its largest town, Wanaparthy, had 60.9 thousand people in 2011, 10.4% of the district.

How this district was formed

Wanaparthy covers land that was part of these districts in Census 2011:

Mahbubnagar (2011) 100.0% of this district
14.5% of the 2011 district

Compare with

All districts of Telangana →

Census 2027 status

Results pending

Phase I: houselisting

Done (11 May 2026 – 9 June 2026)
Phase II: counting people

February 2027 (reference date 1 March 2027)
Results

Not yet released. In 2011, first figures came about a month after counting ended.

When the Registrar General publishes Census 2027 figures for Wanaparthy, they will appear on this page, at this address. Census 2027 explained →

Population by religion in Wanaparthy (Census 2011)

Official figures as published by the Office of the Registrar General. Shown without commentary. Reconstructed Census 2011 on today’s boundaries; approximate, because some 2011 units were split between districts and are apportioned by population. How this is made →

Population by religion in Wanaparthy (Census 2011)
Religion	Persons	Share	Telangana
Hindu	≈ 5,46,500	93.1%	85.0%
Muslim	≈ 34,600	5.9%	12.8%
Christian	≈ 2,400	0.4%	1.3%
Sikh	≈ 0	0.0%	0.1%
Buddhist	≈ 100	0.0%	0.1%
Jain	≈ 0	0.0%	0.1%
Other religions and persuasions	≈ 0	0.0%	0.0%
Religion not stated	≈ 3,400	0.6%	0.7%
Total	5,87,041	100%

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Wanaparthy district in 2026?

Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈6,55,000 (6.55 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies Wanaparthy's 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Telangana projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 5,87,041.

What was the population of Wanaparthy district in Census 2011?

5,87,041: 2,99,646 males and 2,87,395 females, of whom 92,288 lived in towns and 4,94,753 in villages. These figures are on the district’s current boundaries, rebuilt from Census 2011 village and town records.

What is the literacy rate and sex ratio of Wanaparthy?

Literacy was 55.5% in 2011 (men 65.6%, women 45.1%). The sex ratio was 959 females per 1,000 males, and 900 among children aged 0–6.

Which is the largest town in Wanaparthy district?

Wanaparthy, with 60,949 people in Census 2011.

How many villages and towns are in Wanaparthy district?

On today's boundaries the district contains 224 Census 2011 villages and 3 towns.

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Sources and method

Data updated: 4 October 2026 · Report a correction